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Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...
The Battle of Maritsa or Battle of Chernomen (Serbian: Marička bitka / Маричка битка; Turkish: Çirmen Muharebesi, İkinci Meriç Muharebesi in tr. Second Battle of Maritsa) took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (present-day Ormenio, Greece) on 26 September 1371 between Ottoman forces commanded by Lala Shahin Pasha and Evrenos, and Serbian forces commanded ...
The Arda (Bulgarian: Арда, Greek: Άρδας, Turkish: Arda) is a 290-kilometre-long (180 mi) river in Bulgaria and Greece.It is a tributary of the Maritsa (or Evros). ). Its source lies in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains near the village Arda, part of the municipality of Smol
Articles relating to the river Maritsa (also known as Meriç and Evros) and its history. It is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula, and one of the largest in Europe by discharge.
The river takes its source at an altitude of 1,743 m in the Batak Mountain of western Rhodope mountain range, 1.3 km west of the Kartela locality on the road between the towns of Batak and Dospat. Until the town of Peshtera it flows in a north-northeastern direction in a deep, at places canyon-like, valley which widens only in the area around ...
The Battle of Maritsa occurred at Ormenio (tr. Çirmen) in Greece, while this battle occurred at Sarayakpınar village in Turkey; two different places which are both located at the banks of Maritsa river. Because of this situation some sources use the terms "First Battle (of Maritsa)" for Sırp Sındığı and "Second Battle (of Maritsa)" for ...
The longest river in Bulgaria is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of the country's northern border for a length of 470 km. The longest one to run through the country (and also the deepest) is the Maritsa (480 km), while the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria is the Iskar (368 km). [2]
The Parvenetska reka (Bulgarian: Първенецка река) is a 37 km-long river in southern Bulgaria, a right tributary of the river Maritsa. [1]The river takes its source under the name Ribnevo dere at an altitude of 1,816 m some 500 m west of the summit of Modar (1,992 m) in the Chernatisa ridge of western Rhodope mountain range.